437, Lot: 626. Estimate $75. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

RUSSIA, Empire. Nikolai I Pavlovich. 1825-1855. CU 2 Kopeks (32mm, 12.34 g, 12h). Ekaterinburg mint. Dated 1826 EM ИК. Crowned double-headed imperial eagle facing with wings displayed, holding scepter and orb, coat-of-arms of Moskva framed by Order of St. Andrei Первозванного (the First Called) on breast; crown above; и к and date below / Value and ornamental bar,in four lines; E. м. below; crown above; all within laurel and oak wreath. Edge: plain. Bitkin 445; Uzhdenikov 3255; Brekke 131. EF, brown surfaces.